What Ryzen to get??

[Jano321]

Hello,
So I want to switch to the red team, after a long time of not upgrading and I have no clue at all on which AMD processor has what capabilities and what price/ performance ratio.
I would like to pair my existing GTX 1060 with something of similiar performance.  I could get a i5 6600k for cheap, but it's not really up to date anymore (I think?)
What mainboard+cpu do you guys can recommend?

In Germany btw
 

[emosun]

I'd recommend the 3900x as i hear its pretty good for what it is

[Sychic]

3600 is the best bang for the buck rn. 

[TheBean]

1 minute ago, emosun said:

I'd recommend the 3900x as i hear its pretty good for what it is

the 1060 will bottleneck that.

 

get the 3600 for the best bang for buck. it has 6 cores / 12 threads.

it will be identical in gaming with the 1060 but multitasking/streaming or anything like that will be WAYYYYY faster on the 3600

 

 

edit: you do not need x570 mobo. b450 is good enough

Edited August 30, 2019 by Saksham

[emosun]

2 minutes ago, Saksham said:

the 1060 will bottleneck that.

Yea so

[Jano321]

6 minutes ago, Saksham said:

the 1060 will bottleneck that.

 

get the 3600 for the best bang for buck. it has 6 cores / 12 threads.

it will be identical in gaming with the 1060 but multitasking/streaming or anything like that will be WAYYYYY faster on the 3600

 

 

edit: you do not need x570 mobo. b450 is good enough

If I get a B450 do I need to do a bios update or something? I read it somewhere that b450s have older bioses but cant recall exactly

[TheBean]

Just now, emosun said:

Yea so

you are paying extra for the 3900x for nothing.......

[emosun]

1 minute ago, Saksham said:

you are paying extra for the 3900x for nothing.......

thats true as the world will end within the year thus making the 3900x not exist a few years from now when faster gpu's are cheaper. I should have thought of that

[Epimetheus]

The best AMD cpus you can get are the Ryzen 5 1600 (or up from the same generation, if you can find them for the same price or at least at the same price of the 2600), 2600 (same as before, but in this case if you can find them for at least the 3600 price), 2400g or 3400g if you need an integrated graphics card (which isn't your case), 3600, 3700x, and 3900x. See which one fits your budget

[Jano321]

Is the MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX a good board?

[VEXICUS]

2 hours ago, Jano321 said:

Is the MSI B450 TOMAHAWK MAX a good board?

Yes it's a pretty solid board. And zen2 CPUs will work out of the box on that board.

[TheBean]

3 hours ago, emosun said:

thats true as the world will end within the year thus making the 3900x not exist a few years from now when faster gpu's are cheaper. I should have thought of that

ahh.... the good ol' futureproofing debate....

 

@Jano321 buy the best cpu you can afford in the 3rd gen ryzen family. 

my recommendation is 3600 because you have a gtx1060. buy a more expensive cpu if you can afford it. it will not affect your gaming fps 1 bit until you upgrade your gpu. dont try and force a more expensive cpu into your budget if you dont have money for one.

 

if you have money for the 3900x then go for it (no harm in that).